The judge in the trial of Daniel Penny, accused of using a deadly chokehold on Jordan Neely last year on a New York City subway, has dismissed a manslaughter charge after jurors were unable to reach a verdict. The jurors will consider only the lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide. This decision comes amidst a series of other legal cases, including an Oklahoma City officer charged in the violent arrest of an elderly man, a suspect in a 1997 cold case murder in New Jersey facing charges, and a Florida woman sentenced to 25 years for fatally shooting her neighbor. In addition, there have been developments in other cases such as an alleged stowaway boarding a flight to Paris appearing in federal court, and a California bombing suspect being arrested in the U.K. after 20 years on the run. The legal system is also dealing with cases of supply chain theft during the holiday season, a dentist charged with plotting a detective’s murder, and Australian police seizing a record amount of cocaine from a fishing boat. Amidst these legal proceedings, a Native American forensic team has been launched to investigate cold cases involving Indigenous people, and Democratic members of Congress have been targeted with bomb threats. These cases highlight various aspects of the legal system at work, from cold cases being solved to ongoing trials and investigations.
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